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Welcome all to the March edition of the AdviserPlus newsletter. In this month’s newsletter we will be focussing on three important areas for your business to consider: How to tackle Coronavirus The Good Work Plan, which is dubbed the biggest recent shakeup of UK employment law and sees the first changes introduced next month, and;…

Employee losses his life on first day of job following failings which could have been avoided. Only hours after starting his new job at the vehicle and recovery company new starter John suffered fatal crush injuries during maintenance work resulting in the business being sentenced. In November 2014 Birmingham Magistrates’ Court heard that Albert Road…

The claimant is a Black African mental health nurse working for the NHS (the respondent) in a secure residential unit for men sectioned under the Mental Health Act. During his employment he was subject to a serious assault by a patient along with racial abuse which included a patient referring to him as “f*cking black”…

Hairdressing Salon Owner failed to follow fair process resulting in unfair dismissal claim at Employment Tribunal. The Claimant, Mrs Lovelady was a beauty therapist who worked for Mrs Fowler, the Respondent. She was employed from 23 March 2016 and had a period of maternity leave from February 2018 to November 2018. Mrs Fowler was a…

Read the latest employment law and case law update.

Read the latest employment law and case law update.

Director failed after previous convictions to access risk and protect employees A director of a waste transfer company has pleaded guilty and has been subsequently banned from holding the position again after knowingly exposing employees to an unsafe working environment. It was during November 2018 that despite having already been convicted of Transport related health…

Former Apprentice succeeds in multiple claims at ET which leads to compensation in excess of £24,000 In early 2017 the Mrs Amin was informed by her employer that once she completed her apprenticeship, she would be given a new contract of employment and an as a result her salary would be increased.  In June 2017…

ET rules in favour of claimant as business fails to provide valid business reasons for change in job role  The Sheffield Employment Tribunal has found that Capita Customer Management Services has indirectly discriminated against a part time employee when they failed to provide evidence when restructuring her job role to a full time position. In…

Employment Tribunal dismiss Doctors Religious Belief discrimination claim  A Christian Doctor, Dr Mackereth claimed that he has been discriminated against and denied his freedom of thought conscience and religion after he insisted on using the pronouns and titles appropriate to the personas biological sex. The DWP policy is that transgender people should be addressed and…